Quotes for hard drive storage space are starting to get out of hand

[moshpit]

Since when did an 8 bit Byte become base 10? Bytes are just 8 bits, that's it. A "Gigabyte" would therefore be 1,000,000,000 8bit sections. Plus, no hard drive in existance uses "bits" as a measurement, they all use bytes.

The hard drive industry has already been sued over this, massive class action style. Somehow, in all that court action, they managed to wiggle out of having to change how they advertise capacity sizes. They paid up a small chunck of change and went on doing exactly what they got sued for in the first place.

[caveman-jim]

No, they added a disclaimer in the small print on the price of paper you throw away 'advertised capacity may not be accurately reflected in formatted size' or some such.

[Ryoko]

that's funny... i see a full TB here. actually a bit more...



just because MS thinks they can redefine words doesn't mean they're right.

[seeker010]

Originally Posted by XSBagage

Obviously I do not.

I do not bring up the kibi, mebi etc stuff because that only confuses people more. It isn't used by microsoft so try telling people it's that way when their computer tells them otherwise. First you have to establish that the computer is wrong, before you bring up the kibis and mebis
We already have Ryoko on board, he brought up M$.

I didn't mean to direct that response to you, but I hit quote instead of reply to thread. so sue me. actually, please don't, I'm quite short on cash right now. gimme about 2 weeks.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

When in the computer and in the digital world when you speak of SI designiation associated with bytes/bits then the general rule is to use the base 2 system, the kibi/gibi/tebi nomenclature crap has been around for extremly long and almost nobody ever uses it because it simply sounds retarded. Harddrive manufacturers are the only ones who don't follow this "habit".

Originally Posted by Ryoko

that's funny... i see a full TB here. actually a bit more...
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../diskspace.jpg
just because MS thinks they can redefine words doesn't mean they're right.

Oh quit being a smartass. It's been like that since decades and is way more widespread than the officialized "standard".

Originally Posted by XSBagage

There is no added value in using powers of 2 to represent file size or disk sizes, so why use it?

To a normal user it doesn't make sense, but to a programmer / engineer there is no such thing as base 10 in computers.

[Razeus]

Originally Posted by Ryoko

that's funny... i see a full TB here. actually a bit more...



just because MS thinks they can redefine words doesn't mean they're right.

that's a lot of anime. surprised you haven't filled it up already. how's the 1 tera working out for you?

[DaJMasta]

Originally Posted by Ryoko

that's funny... i see a full TB here. actually a bit more...



just because MS thinks they can redefine words doesn't mean they're right.

731GB of anime?

Not so much an issue of MS redefining words, computers don't use the standard SI prefixes, so MS's definition of Gigabyte is actually correct, resulting in 931 proper GB on what, if sold under the same naming system, would be a 1024GB drive. It's the storage industry which decided to redefine words to make their drives seem bigger, and for years, it's just the way it has been.


The problem with complaining about it.... is that this fact is fairly well known and that you're technically not getting less than a terabyte..... you're just getting a different measure of terabyte than you expected.

[magicknight0233]

Originally Posted by Razeus

not as big as magicknights.

Hey!
You sir, have insulted my honor! I challenge you to a duel! <glove slap>
No one ever believes me when I say there is absolutely no porn on my computer because I've got less hard drive space on my computer (SCSI=speed, not quantity) than most people have in their MP3 players.

[Razeus]

Originally Posted by magicknight0233

Hey!
You sir, have insulted my honor! I challenge you to a duel! <glove slap>
No one ever believes me when I say there is absolutely no porn on my computer because I've got less hard drive space on my computer (SCSI=speed, not quantity) than most people have in their MP3 players.

where the hell do you store all your wonderful pics?

[seeker010]

I see therein lies the confusion that everyone has. SI prefixes are UNAMBIGUOUSLY defined to be powers of 10. Its use in computer circles for powers of 2 is more of a de facto convention than a ratified standard; binary prefixes on the other hand are a ratified standard. You can use SI prefixes for powers of 2 (not recommended), but only if clearly defined as such; JEDEC advises its members to follow the de facto convention because of marketing reasons, so all JEDEC members (memory manufacturers for the most part), use SI prefixes for powers of 2. But for any other purpose, it means powers of 10 unless specified.

[Djinn]

You kids* may not remember, but CRT monitors went through similar problems in the early 1990s. Advertisers were listing the diagonal size of the CRT "bottle" - before being mounted in the plastic enclosure.

So your brand-new 17" monitor might only have a usable display size of 15.5". Eventually, all manufacturers were required to include the actual "viewable" size on all advertising.

* Imagine that I'm saying "kids" with a small measure of condescension and disdain.

[seeker010]

Originally Posted by Djinn

You kids* may not remember, but CRT monitors went through similar problems in the early 1990s. Advertisers were listing the diagonal size of the CRT "bottle" - before being mounted in the plastic enclosure.

So your brand-new 17" monitor might only have a usable display size of 15.5". Eventually, all manufacturers were required to include the actual "viewable" size on all advertising.

* Imagine that I'm saying "kids" with a small measure of condescension and disdain.

it's a bit different. in the monitor case, you're not getting all the viewable size you thought you were paying for. In this case, you're getting everything you paid for. Computers care about bits; the larger measuring names are provided for benefit for humans only. 1024 sets of 8 bits will be 1024 sets of 8 bits to a computer, but it's easier to market it as 1 of something to a person. computer couldn't less if you called it a KiB (standard), a kB (nonstandard), a schlong, or fat uncle. Likewise, 1000 sets of 8 bits is just 1000 set of 8 bits to the computer, but you can market it as a kB (standard), a hole, or a little boy.

[moshpit]

[Ryoko]

Originally Posted by Razeus

that's a lot of anime. surprised you haven't filled it up already. how's the 1 tera working out for you?

it's actually 2x 500gb, but the 1tb drive is almost exactly the same size.

i just had to move all my data off of my new 320gb (that replaced a dead one) because the new one is dying as well

[SteadVéx]

I feel a simpler solution would be to buy a 7' tft and recode everything to its native res...


but yea, i agree, i feel that if it states 100gb you should have at least that much freespace, can't remember which make but i remember buying 60gb harddrives and actually getting 61.5gb..